October 21 in history: • 1096 – First Crusade: At the Battle of Civetot, the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan destroyed the army of the People's Crusade as it marched toward Nicaea. → go there • 1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War. → go there • 1944 – World War II: The three-week-long Battle of Aachen concluded, making the city the first on German soil to be captured by the Allies. → go there • 1966 – A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. → go there • 1994 – In Seoul, South Korea, 32 people were killed and 17 others injured when a span of the Seongsu Bridge collapsed (pictured). → go there Died 1266: Birger Jarl Wiki link Died 1662: Henry Lawes Wiki link Born 1929: Ursula K. Le Guin Wiki link Born 1981: Nemanja Vidić Wiki link Pictured: Aftermath of the Seongsu Bridge disaster.